EditorialEric Cherny, 18, a lifeguard for three years, wears a mask at Coney Island Beach as wildfire smoke blankets New York, June 7, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Cherny, 18, a lifeguard for three years, wears a mask at Coney Island Beach as wildfire smoke blankets New York, June 7, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Cherny, 18, a lifeguard for three years, wears a mask at Coney Island Beach as wildfire smoke blankets New York, June 7, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Cherny, 18, a lifeguard for three years, wears a mask at Coney Island Beach as wildfire smoke blankets New York, June 7, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialEric Cherny, 18, a lifeguard for three years, wears a mask at Coney Island Beach as wildfire smoke blankets New York, June 7, 2023. (Dave Sanders/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialConey Island Beach in New York, which has 14 miles of public beaches open for Memorial Day weekend, May 25, 2023. (Calla Kessler/The New York Times)
EditorialVacationers pose for photographs at a lifeguard tower on South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Fla. on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)
EditorialVacationers pose for photographs at a lifeguard tower on South Beach neighborhood of Miami Beach, Fla. on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Scott McIntyre/The New York Times)